Pen and pencil holder.



B. A. CROSBY.

PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION rum) MAY 14, 1910,

976,437. Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

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PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION TILED MAY14,1910.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

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PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application filed May 14, 1910. Serial No. 561,482.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. CRosBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen andPencil Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved pen and pencilholder adapted for use as an attachment within an upper vest pocket; andto such ends the invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the invention, l1kecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

- Referring to the drawings; Figure 1 is a view in rear elevationshowing my improved pen and pencil holder; Fig. 2 shows the holder inside elevation, some parts being sectioned; Fig. 3 is front elevation ofthe holder, the lower portions thereof being broken away; Fig. 4 is avertical section taken on line a m of Fig. 1 and showing a pencilpositioned within the holder; Fig. 5 1s a detail in section on line a; wof Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on line 00 w of Fig. 1;Fig. 7 is a front elevation showing a modified construction in which theholder is designed with but one barrel; Fig. 8 is side elevation of theholder shown in Fig. 7, some parts being sectioned.

Referring first to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6inclusive, it may be stated that this improved holder is shown asdesigned with two barrels. The two barrels, and in fact the entire bodyportion of the holder, is made from two thin metal plates or sheets 1and 2. These two plates are formed with cooperating longitudinallyextended approximately semi-cylindrical bulges 1 and 2 respectively,that cotiperate to form the barrels into which the pencil, pen, orsimilar article is adapted to be inserted; and to make the insertion ofsuch object within the barrel an easy matter, the upper extremities ofthe cooperating bulged portions 1 and 2 are made to flare, as best.shown in Fig. 4. The lower extremities of the barrels thus formed aremade conical as indicated 'at 3, and below the conical sections 3 thetwo plates are spaced apart to form a thin pocket 4, that extends acrossthe entire lower portion of the holder and is adapted to receive thepoint of the pencil and to protect the same, without engagementtherewith'as shown in Fig. 4, wherein the pencil is indicated with thecharacter a, the projecting lead point thereof being indicated by thecharacter I).

{ks preferably constructed, the front plate 1 is formed with side andbottom flanges that embrace the sides and bottom portions of the innerplate 2. A single rivet 5, (see Flgs. 1 and 5) passed through inwardlypressed portions of the two plates 1 and 2, rigidly connects the lowerportions of the two plates, but leaves the upper portion of the innerplate 2 free for limited movements toward and from the outer plate 1.The sldes of the plate 2 are cut away, as best shown in Fig. 1, in orderto clear the marginal flanges of the plate 1. v

To make the bulged portions2 of the inner plate 2 free for independentmovements toward and from the cooperating bulged portions 1 of the plate1, the said plate 2 is provided with a long central slot 6, that extendsfrom the extreme upper portion of the sald plate to a pomt slightlyabove the rivet '5 and approximately to the lower extremities of theconical ortions 3. The late 2 is thus so formed t iat it will beflexible at points indicated by the character y on liig. 1 and will beinflexible at points both above and below said flexible line. The saidflexible portions 3 therefore, serve as sort of spring hinges,permitting independent movements of the relatively movable sections ofthe two holding barrels.

By referring to Figs. 1 and 4, it will be noted that the two barrels areso formed that when an ordinary pencil is inserted therein said barrelswill flare, or increase in diameter toward the lower extremities, ortoward the points of junction thereof with the conical sections 3. Thesaid conical sections 3 will engage the tapered, wooden portion of thepencil and thereby limit the downward movement of the pencil in thebarrel and the lead point I) of the pencil will project into the pocket4, without engagement therewith and will thus be so protected that itcannot be broken while the pencil is in the barrel. This feature isalways of importance, but is of specially great importance when anindelible pencil 1s carried in the barrel. In numerous instances, goodwash vests have been practically ruined in the laundry by a brokenindelible pencil point dropped into thepocket and which becomesdissolved producing an ugly indelible stain in the vicinity of thepocket.

The barrel sections-2 are independently spring pressed as shown byinverted U shaped springs 7 having upturned outer ends 7 securely heldby folded edged portions 8 of the outer plate 1. The inner prongs of thetwo springs 7 are shown as integrally formed and anchored to the centralportion of the front late 1 by a rivet 9. Thus it will be seen t at therongs of the springs 7 are securely anchore to the front plate 1 andwork clear of the sides of the relatively movable barrel sections 2*,with their bowed upper portions independently pressed against the upperportions of the said barrel sections 2*, and yieldingly pressing thesame toward the front late 1 so that they will independently yield andindependently hold penclls, pens, or similar objects placed within thetwo barrels.

For securely but detachably clamping the holder in the vest pocket, abail-like clamping spring 10 is provided, and the upwardly extendedprongs thereof are curved at 10*, then preferably bent downward to formspring loops 10 and from there extended further downward and rigidlysecured within the upper portions of the edge folds 8 of the frontplate 1. At the transverse center of its lower portion, the clampingspring 10 is shown as bent to form a finger piece 11 which is located inthe channel between the two barrel sections 1 of the plate 1. Thetransversely extended lower portions of the spring 10, which run onopposite sides of finger piece 11, are arranged to normally lie intransverse channels or seats 12 formed in the outer intermediateportions-of the said barrel sections 1.

When the holder is placed in the vest pocket, the flap of the pocketwill be clamped between the spring 10 and the upper portions of thebarrel sections 1 and the seats 12 assist the spring 10 in more firmlysecuring-the holder to the pocket. The curved portions 10 of the spring10 aiford clearance for the upper portion of the pocket flap, therebyleaving the clamping action entirely in the vicinity of the transverselower portion of the spring.v

The form of holder illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive may be extendedand provided with any desired number of barrels. In Figs. 7 and 8,however, the invention is shown as incorporated in a holder having asingle barrel. In this construction, the outer plate 13 and inner plate14 are connected by a single rivet 15 but are constructed to form asingle holding barrel of the same character as that described above butotherwise stated, they are provided with the same cooperating relativelymovable barr'el sections, w th conical lower extremity and de endinpocket below the same. In this sing e barre holder, however, a singlespring is used to clamp the device to the poo et and to yieldingly pressthe sections of the barrel together. This spring 16 is an approximatelyU-shaped spring, constructed much like the spring 10, and having itsdownturned prongs securely held by folded edges 17, on the back plate13. The bow of the spring 16, is formed with a finger piece 18, and isarranged to enga e a segmental seat 19, formedin the p ate 14. Byreference to Fig. 7, it will be noted that the rivet 15 is laterallyoffset from the axis of the barrel so that it will clear the point ofthe pencil inserted into the barrel. Also the plate 14 is cut away atits sides, as best shown in Fig. 7,

in order to clear the marginal flanges of the plate 13.

The desirable features of the improved holder above described may besummarized as follows: It insures against loss of pen or pencil;protects pencil point from being broken; saves the pocket from'wear;keeps the pocket clean from leads and indelible inks; afiords separatebarrels, or compartments for each article held; accommodates itself topencils and pens of' different sizes; may be easily attached andremoved; is perfectly sanitary; and a pen or pencil may be easilyinserted in the barrel and will be se-' curely held therein. The metalplates of the holder are preferably made of aluminum which is extremelylight, sufliciently strong and does not require plating to make it noncorrodible.

What I claim is 1. A pen or pencil holder comprising 00- operating lightsheet metal members constructed to afford a holding barrel and a pocketat the lower extremity thereof, one

of said members having a yieldin portion approximately at the junctionof t e barrel and the pocket, and a spring applied to yieldingly pressthe upper portion of the said members toward each other, substantiallyas described.

2. A pen or pencil holder comprising cooperating light sheet metalbarrel forming members yieldingly connected at their lower portions, anda spring having prongs anchored to one of the said members and embracingand engaging the other member and yieldingly pressing the upper portionsof the said members together, substantially as described.

3. A pen or pencil holder comprising li ht sheet metal barrel formingmembers yie dinglyconnected at their lower lportions and provided withdepending unyie ding pocket,

which, in Width, is much less than the smallest transverse portion ofsaid barrel, the said barrel and pocket being united by tapered portionsaffording a stop surface ada ted to en age the tapered wooden portion 0the penci? whenthe sharpened lead of the pencil is inserted into thesaid unyielding pocket, and a spring applied to press the upper endportions of said barrel forming members toward each other, substantiallyas described. 10 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

' EDWARD A. CROSBY.

Witnesses:'

F. D. MERCHANT, HARRY D. KILGORE.

